SATA Controller Poll (add in cards only please)

[Johnny Bravo]

Just wondering, seeing as this sort of information is scattered around the forum in other peoples threads, what are people currently using as their add in card controller of choice?

[cx323]

i'm using a silicon image one because it was free

[Ugly n Grey]

I use promise, I hate Si stuff....

[Johnny Bravo]

bad experience U'n'G?

[Ugly n Grey]

You could say that... i always wondered why the SiL cards sold so cheaply, then I found out why :) Let's skip the gory details of HD's losing data even though they were Mirrored....

I also like the unified driver in the Promise, one driver basically does all their cards.

[nn_step]

which is nice..
and right now it is fine, but I hear the new adaptec PCI-E cards are really good...

[Johnny Bravo]

A tad pricey for my application unfortunatly, basically I just need to get SATA onto the board cus the onboard controller craps out once the FSB is raised, no PCI locks unfortunately.....

[nn_step]

I suggest a DFI or MSI, they both lock the PCI clocks

[Daved+]

I'd avoid Silicon Image's like a plague.

[Major_A]

A tad pricey for my application unfortunatly, basically I just need to get SATA onto the board cus the onboard controller craps out once the FSB is raised, no PCI locks unfortunately.....
I could be wrong here but this is what I gather...
An addon card won't help either. If you don't have a lock your PCI speeds will increase also. Besides most onboard SATA controllers run on the PCI clock. So you basically throwing your money away and back to square one.

[Jupiler]

I got a Raidcore (Broadcom) 8 ports SATA controller in my Xeon rig.
Pricey card, but good, solid performance. Have been using it for 1 1/2 years now, no problems whatsoever.